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President Ford came...
Fee bills not settled by today will be void
BY VALERIE NELSON
Staff Writer
Students who have not settled their fee bills by 5 p.m. today will no longer be enrolled at the university, said Jack T. Wagner, director of Student Accounting Services.
Seven percent of the fee bills had not been paid as of Thursday afternoon.
A student’s fee bill will be marked void if he does not make an effort to take care of it, Wagner said.
The student may petition to reregister by filling out a petition slip and appearing before a committee.
If a student files a petition, he must pay his fee bill when he files.
A $45 penalty will be assessed at the time of payment. The penalty will be $60 after today.
The only way students may pay fee bills after today is by petition. There is no charge—except the $60 penalty—for petitioning.
Fee bills must be paid so the accounting service can distribute income to departments, which is done at the end of the third week, Wagner said.
The number of fee bills left unsettled directly affects the department funding process, he said.
Many universities, such as California State University at North-ridge, do not let students leave the gym until their bills are paid and settled, Wagner said.
Students at the Claremont schools register and pay their fees for the fall semester in July, he said.
Wagner said it is part ofthe university policy to have fee bills taken care of by the third week.
Students who need to settle their fee bills without paying cash must still go to the Credit Office toTlay to receive an extension, he said.
Noncash payment includes a pending California State Scholarship a California Opportunity Grant or an approved Federally Insured Student Loan.
A student must make a commitment now' whether he wants to take a course or not, W’agner said.
Wagner said if a student recognizes his obligation and comes in, the service will do as much as possible to help him.
Students who have problems or need help should contact Student Administrative Services or the Credit Office, Wagner said.
saw Troy’s spirit...
and was conquered.
Eastern Europe statement clarified in Ford’s address
BY MARC NOWADNIC v
Editor
In stifling heat and amid frequent but feeble protests, President Gerald R. Ford chose the university Thursday as the site to clarify a highly controversial comment from Wednesday’s Historic Debate-a comment that national press believe will reverberate around the globe for weeks.
A stunned press corps heard Ford tell an estimated 100 million listeners Wednesday that he didn’t believe citizens of Eastern European countries considered themselves dominated by the Soviet Union.
Before Ford’s speech here, a flood of reporters swelled around Press Secretary Ron Nessen for clarification.
Whenever asked whether the President truly believed that Rumanians, Poles and Slavs were independent of Soviet oppression, Nessen repeated nearly the same line each time. “I believe the President clarified his statement last night. What more can I say?”
But Ford had more to say, and he did it before a vocally enthusiastic crowd of nearly 17,500 at the convocation of first-time voters here.
“The United States has never conceded—and will never concede their (the Eastern European countries’) domination by the Soviet Union,” the President asserted.
Four Soviet military divisions currently occupy Poland, a wire-service reporter muttered. Almost telepathically, Ford countered the remark. “I admire the courage of the Polish people and have always supported the hopes of Polish-Americans for freedom of their ancestral homeland.
“We do not accept domination over any foreign country anywhere—period,” he said. “And we will use peaceful means to relieve that oppression.”
Only before and after the formal address was the President able to engage in activities the White House staff said were more reflective of his purpose in coming here—to demonstrate an interest in and to meet young people.
Following opening comments by President John R. Hubbard, Ford was introduced by Glenn Sonnenberg, chairman of the Student Senate.
Ford’s opening lines were brightly trimmed in cardinal and gold. Waving and grinning at the crowd, he expressed his pleasure at being in the home of the “conquering Trojans” and said he’d “rather run against Carter than (USC tailback) Ricky Bell anytime.” By November, the President said he hoped to be known as the John Naber of politics.
Both Naber and Bell later presented the Presi-
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m ••
Daily § Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXX, Number 15 Los Angeles, California Friday, October 8, 1976
PORTRAIT OF A CROWD
Speech feedback-apathy, vigor, antagonism
BY TOM ROSA
Managing Editor
It was unbearably hot amongst the crowd of thousands who waited to hear the President speak.
A little girl clutched a Ford poster close to her heart as tears fell down her cheeks. No matter how hard she fought to get closer to the President’s podium, the crowd refused to let her go by.
A bit further ahead a young, bearded man carried a sign calling Gerald R. Ford an “imitation of Dick Nixon.”
Off to his left a group of clean-cut, well-dressed students from the Trojan Young Republican Club spoke excitedly about their candidate. It may have been hot but they wore their suits and ties, sported Ford buttons and even remembered all the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
And in the middle ofthe mass was the Trojan Marching Band, trying to lift the crowd's spirit with a rendition of Fight On.
Beads of sweat formed on the band members’ heads and their uniforms clung like leeches to their bodies.
The band's competition came from the Culpepper Minute Men, a fife-and-drum corps, that began the program w ith a bit of patriotic music.
“Do you believe this crap,” Mike Rodgers, a senior in political science, asked his girlfriend. “You would think Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were making an appearance on campus.”
Three coeds tried to keep in step with the fife-and-drum corps, but their wiggles only got boos from a group of fraternity men sitting atop a limousine an alumni had parked nearby.
Another group of students watched a man in shorts and bare feet attempt to climb a magnolia tree to reach
a limb high above the crowd.
“You got a gun up there?” a girl yelled.
Immediately three men dressed in suits with bulges at their breast pockets and earphones in their ears turned their heads.
The man slipped and fell about three feet to the branch below. The crowd gave him a round of applause and the Secret Service men let smiles cross their lips.
Mary Heddy didn’t even look up at the tree. She had been in Alumni Park for three hours just waitingto see Ford.
“I guess you could call me a Republican fanatic,” she said. “Don’t you hope Betty comes with him? If she
ANTICIPATION—Supporters waited as long as three hours to get a good close look at the President. DT photo by Patty Cox.
doesn’t, I really think this speech is going to be dull.”
“How can you say that,” Art Logan snapped at her.. “Didn’t you see Ford debate Carter last night? He was
terrific.”
“You’re so full of it, man,” a black student said, peering over the shoulder of a friend. “Ford makes Hitler look good.”
Before the student could answer, the band struck up another tune and the crowd began to applaud.
“When is this stupid speech supposed to begin?” a cry went out over the audience.
“When he gets off the toilet,” a man holding a “Vote McCarthy” sign yelled back.
Signs were scattered throughout the crowd proclaiming the holders feelings toward Ford, Carter or life in general.
A group of about 25 to 30 people calling themselves “Nobody for President” carried a number of signs aimed principally at Ford.
“Ban the B-l Bomber,” “Would you buy a used Ford from Dick Nixon,” “USC $UPPORT$ FORD,” and “All we really need is good sex, loose shoes and Chevy Chase for President,” were just a few signs the group carried.
“A bunch of us got together, had a little wine and made a few posters. We wanted to show another side of the campus besides the John Nabers and Ricky Bells,” said Tom Johnson, a graduate in international relations and a member of the group.
He said some administrators tried to prevert their group from standing together.
“We didn’t want to cause trouble, but that shows the mentality of this campus. There’s a basic fear of anything not red, white and blue.”
(continued on page 2)

President Ford came...
Fee bills not settled by today will be void
BY VALERIE NELSON
Staff Writer
Students who have not settled their fee bills by 5 p.m. today will no longer be enrolled at the university, said Jack T. Wagner, director of Student Accounting Services.
Seven percent of the fee bills had not been paid as of Thursday afternoon.
A student’s fee bill will be marked void if he does not make an effort to take care of it, Wagner said.
The student may petition to reregister by filling out a petition slip and appearing before a committee.
If a student files a petition, he must pay his fee bill when he files.
A $45 penalty will be assessed at the time of payment. The penalty will be $60 after today.
The only way students may pay fee bills after today is by petition. There is no charge—except the $60 penalty—for petitioning.
Fee bills must be paid so the accounting service can distribute income to departments, which is done at the end of the third week, Wagner said.
The number of fee bills left unsettled directly affects the department funding process, he said.
Many universities, such as California State University at North-ridge, do not let students leave the gym until their bills are paid and settled, Wagner said.
Students at the Claremont schools register and pay their fees for the fall semester in July, he said.
Wagner said it is part ofthe university policy to have fee bills taken care of by the third week.
Students who need to settle their fee bills without paying cash must still go to the Credit Office toTlay to receive an extension, he said.
Noncash payment includes a pending California State Scholarship a California Opportunity Grant or an approved Federally Insured Student Loan.
A student must make a commitment now' whether he wants to take a course or not, W’agner said.
Wagner said if a student recognizes his obligation and comes in, the service will do as much as possible to help him.
Students who have problems or need help should contact Student Administrative Services or the Credit Office, Wagner said.
saw Troy’s spirit...
and was conquered.
Eastern Europe statement clarified in Ford’s address
BY MARC NOWADNIC v
Editor
In stifling heat and amid frequent but feeble protests, President Gerald R. Ford chose the university Thursday as the site to clarify a highly controversial comment from Wednesday’s Historic Debate-a comment that national press believe will reverberate around the globe for weeks.
A stunned press corps heard Ford tell an estimated 100 million listeners Wednesday that he didn’t believe citizens of Eastern European countries considered themselves dominated by the Soviet Union.
Before Ford’s speech here, a flood of reporters swelled around Press Secretary Ron Nessen for clarification.
Whenever asked whether the President truly believed that Rumanians, Poles and Slavs were independent of Soviet oppression, Nessen repeated nearly the same line each time. “I believe the President clarified his statement last night. What more can I say?”
But Ford had more to say, and he did it before a vocally enthusiastic crowd of nearly 17,500 at the convocation of first-time voters here.
“The United States has never conceded—and will never concede their (the Eastern European countries’) domination by the Soviet Union,” the President asserted.
Four Soviet military divisions currently occupy Poland, a wire-service reporter muttered. Almost telepathically, Ford countered the remark. “I admire the courage of the Polish people and have always supported the hopes of Polish-Americans for freedom of their ancestral homeland.
“We do not accept domination over any foreign country anywhere—period,” he said. “And we will use peaceful means to relieve that oppression.”
Only before and after the formal address was the President able to engage in activities the White House staff said were more reflective of his purpose in coming here—to demonstrate an interest in and to meet young people.
Following opening comments by President John R. Hubbard, Ford was introduced by Glenn Sonnenberg, chairman of the Student Senate.
Ford’s opening lines were brightly trimmed in cardinal and gold. Waving and grinning at the crowd, he expressed his pleasure at being in the home of the “conquering Trojans” and said he’d “rather run against Carter than (USC tailback) Ricky Bell anytime.” By November, the President said he hoped to be known as the John Naber of politics.
Both Naber and Bell later presented the Presi-
(continued on page 5)
m ••
Daily § Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXX, Number 15 Los Angeles, California Friday, October 8, 1976
PORTRAIT OF A CROWD
Speech feedback-apathy, vigor, antagonism
BY TOM ROSA
Managing Editor
It was unbearably hot amongst the crowd of thousands who waited to hear the President speak.
A little girl clutched a Ford poster close to her heart as tears fell down her cheeks. No matter how hard she fought to get closer to the President’s podium, the crowd refused to let her go by.
A bit further ahead a young, bearded man carried a sign calling Gerald R. Ford an “imitation of Dick Nixon.”
Off to his left a group of clean-cut, well-dressed students from the Trojan Young Republican Club spoke excitedly about their candidate. It may have been hot but they wore their suits and ties, sported Ford buttons and even remembered all the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
And in the middle ofthe mass was the Trojan Marching Band, trying to lift the crowd's spirit with a rendition of Fight On.
Beads of sweat formed on the band members’ heads and their uniforms clung like leeches to their bodies.
The band's competition came from the Culpepper Minute Men, a fife-and-drum corps, that began the program w ith a bit of patriotic music.
“Do you believe this crap,” Mike Rodgers, a senior in political science, asked his girlfriend. “You would think Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were making an appearance on campus.”
Three coeds tried to keep in step with the fife-and-drum corps, but their wiggles only got boos from a group of fraternity men sitting atop a limousine an alumni had parked nearby.
Another group of students watched a man in shorts and bare feet attempt to climb a magnolia tree to reach
a limb high above the crowd.
“You got a gun up there?” a girl yelled.
Immediately three men dressed in suits with bulges at their breast pockets and earphones in their ears turned their heads.
The man slipped and fell about three feet to the branch below. The crowd gave him a round of applause and the Secret Service men let smiles cross their lips.
Mary Heddy didn’t even look up at the tree. She had been in Alumni Park for three hours just waitingto see Ford.
“I guess you could call me a Republican fanatic,” she said. “Don’t you hope Betty comes with him? If she
ANTICIPATION—Supporters waited as long as three hours to get a good close look at the President. DT photo by Patty Cox.
doesn’t, I really think this speech is going to be dull.”
“How can you say that,” Art Logan snapped at her.. “Didn’t you see Ford debate Carter last night? He was
terrific.”
“You’re so full of it, man,” a black student said, peering over the shoulder of a friend. “Ford makes Hitler look good.”
Before the student could answer, the band struck up another tune and the crowd began to applaud.
“When is this stupid speech supposed to begin?” a cry went out over the audience.
“When he gets off the toilet,” a man holding a “Vote McCarthy” sign yelled back.
Signs were scattered throughout the crowd proclaiming the holders feelings toward Ford, Carter or life in general.
A group of about 25 to 30 people calling themselves “Nobody for President” carried a number of signs aimed principally at Ford.
“Ban the B-l Bomber,” “Would you buy a used Ford from Dick Nixon,” “USC $UPPORT$ FORD,” and “All we really need is good sex, loose shoes and Chevy Chase for President,” were just a few signs the group carried.
“A bunch of us got together, had a little wine and made a few posters. We wanted to show another side of the campus besides the John Nabers and Ricky Bells,” said Tom Johnson, a graduate in international relations and a member of the group.
He said some administrators tried to prevert their group from standing together.
“We didn’t want to cause trouble, but that shows the mentality of this campus. There’s a basic fear of anything not red, white and blue.”
(continued on page 2)